Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge, by R.A. Torrey, [ca. 1880], at sacred-texts.com
3 Kings (1 Kings) Chapter 5
Overview
Kg1 5:1, Hiram, sending to congratulate Solomon, is desired to furnish him with timber to build the temple; Kg1 5:7, Hiram, blessing God for Solomon, and requesting food for his family, furnishes him with trees; Kg1 5:13, The number of Solomon's workmen and labourers
am 2990, bc 1014, An, Ex, Is, 477
Hiram: Kg1 5:10, Kg1 5:13, Kg1 9:12-14; Ch2 2:3, Huram
sent: Sa2 8:10, Sa2 10:1, Sa2 10:2; Psa 45:12
for Hiram: Sa2 5:11; Ch1 14:1; Amo 1:9
could not: Sa2 7:5-11; Ch1 22:4-6; Ch2 6:6-8
put: Jos 10:24; Psa 8:6, Psa 110:1; Mal 4:3; Co1 15:25; Eph 1:22
hath given: Kg1 4:24; Ch1 22:9; Psa 72:7; Isa 9:7; Act 9:31
purpose: Heb. say
as the Lord: Sa2 7:12, Sa2 7:13; Ch1 17:12, Ch1 22:10, Ch1 28:6, Ch1 28:10; Zac 6:12, Zac 6:13
cedar trees: Kg1 6:9, Kg1 6:10, Kg1 6:16, Kg1 6:20; Ch2 2:8, Ch2 2:10; Psa 29:5
will I give hire: Rom 12:17; Phi 4:8
appoint: Heb. say
that there is not: Co1 12:14-21; Eph 4:7
Blessed: Kg1 10:9; Ch2 2:11, Ch2 2:12, Ch2 9:7, Ch2 9:8; Psa 122:6, Psa 122:7, Psa 137:6
which hath: Kg1 1:48; Gen 33:5; Isa 8:18, Isa 9:6
a wise son: Kg1 3:9; Ch2 2:11; Pro 10:1, Pro 13:1, Pro 15:20, Pro 23:24
considered: Heb. heard
timber of fir: Kg1 6:15, Kg1 6:34; Sa2 6:5; Ch2 3:5
Lebanon: Deu 3:25
and I will: Ch2 2:16
appoint: Heb. send
in giving food: Ch2 1:15; Ezr 3:7; Eze 27:17; Act 12:20
measures: Heb. cors, Kg1 4:22 *marg. Ch2 2:10
twenty measures: "Twenty thousand baths of oil" are mentioned in Chronicles; and the Syriac, Arabic, and Septuagint also have here "twenty thousand measures." But as barley and wine are also spoken of there, it is probable that the wheat mentioned here, and the small quantity of fine oil, were intended for the use of Hiram's own family, while that in Chronicles was for his workmen.
as he promised him: Kg1 3:12, Kg1 4:29; Ch2 1:12; Jam 1:5
they two: Kg1 15:19; Gen 21:32; Amo 1:9
levy: Heb. tribute of men, Kg1 4:6
the levy: Kg1 9:15
a month: Kg1 4:7-19; Ch1 27:1-15
Adoniram: Kg1 4:6
threescore: These were all strangers, or proselytes, dwelling among the Israelites, as we learn from the paralled place in 2Chr. Kg1 9:20-22; Ch2 2:17, Ch2 2:18, Ch2 8:7-9; Ezr 2:58; Neh 7:57, Neh 7:60
three thousand: In the parallel passage of Chronicles, it is "three thousand six hundred," which is also the reading of the Septuagint here. Kg1 9:23; Ch2 2:2
costly stones: Kg1 6:7, Kg1 7:9; Ch1 22:2; Isa 28:16; Co1 3:11, Co1 3:12; Pe1 2:6, Pe1 2:7; Rev 21:14-21
the stonesquarers: or, Giblites, Jos 13:5; Psa 83:7; Eze 27:9